Support for playing-cards for use by card-players.



E. RIBEYRE.

SUPPORT FOR PLAYING CARDS FOR USE BY CARD PLAYERS. APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 28.191].

1,286,780. Patented Dec. 3,1918.

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V/ZI ZZWMQ'MY Zia M01 EUGENE RIBEYRE, OF LYON, FRANCE.

SUPPORT FOR PLAYING-CARDS FOR USE BY CARD-PLAYERS..

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGI JNE RIBEYRE, ofLyon, France, a citizen of the French Re public, have invented a certainnew or Im proved Support for Playing-Cards for Use by Card-Players, ofwhich the following is a specification.

' The support for playing cards intended for use by card-players whichforms the subject of the invention is characterized by the generalarrangement of its construction.' --The device is intended to obviatethe necessity of holding the cards in the hand the cards being arrangedin a holder mounted on the. support in such manner that the cards can beeasily read, owing to the variable inclination which can in certaincases be given to the support.

The present device is intended particularly for the use of personscrippled or paralyzed in one arm or a hand as it enables them to tainedin the position selected by is fixed to the edge of a table 18 by meansof the clamp 20 and its screw 21 it can be turned around the axis 22 andcan be maintightening the milled button 23.

The cards can be inclined as desired, and if required completely turneddown by the following means. I

The support 17 is jointed by the swivel 24 to the socket 25 of the cardholder, which,

by its fan-shaped arrangement and concave form reproduces exactly theordinary position of cards held in the human hand. A milled button 26enables the holder to be fixed at the inclination preferred by theplayer.

The holder into which the cards are inserted is composed essentially ofthe three following parts: a semi-circular back plate 27 forming acurved backxsupport for the cards; a front plate 28 of similar shape butof lesser diameter, and a spindle 29 for con- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

Application filed J'une as, 1917. Serial No. 177,563.

meeting by means of a screw-threaded milled button 30 the two plates 27and 28. The cards 31 are arranged and fixed between the two plates. Thecards are engaged by their edges against the edge of a semi-circularfelt strip 32 fastened to the front of the plate 27 and are retainedbetween' the two plates by means of a strip 33 of elastic material, suchas: cloth, felt rubber, etc., fixed to the inside of the front plate 28.

A pin 34 fixed to the plate 27 and engaging in a corresponding hole inthe plate 28 allows of maintaining the position between the two plates.By loosening or tightening the button 30 the pressure exerted on the'cards by the strip 38 can be regulated ac'-' cording to the number ofcards displayed or left in the holder.

The cards can be turned down from the position shown in Fig. 2 to thatrepresented in dotted lines by simply pressing down the holder.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is 1. A support for playing cards for the use ofpersons deprived of the use of one hand, comprising a gripping devicefor the cards, means for regulating the pressure of said deviceupon thecards, an arm attached to said gripping device, a support to which saidarm is hinged so that the gripping device and the cards can be inclinedor completely turned downward, a milled button for fixing the grippingdevice in the desired inclined position, a clamp for fixing said supportto a table, means connecting said support to said clamp, whereby theholder and. gripping device can be turned around a vertical axis, andmeans for fixing the holder in the latter adjusted position.

2. A support for playing cards comprismg a semi-circular plate, anabutment thereon, a second semi-circular plate, an elastic stripthereon, means for pressing said plates together, means for regulatingthe pressure of said device upon the cards, an arm tached to cardgripping device, a support to which said arm is hinged so that thegrlppmg device and the cards can be inclined or completely turneddownward, a mlled button for fixing the gripping device 1n the desiredinclined position, a clamp for fixing said support to a table, avertical pivot upon the upper surface of said clamp, a horizontal platefixed to the lower end of said support and rotatable about said pivotwhereby said support can be turned upon said pivot, and a milled buttonfor fixing said support in the adjusted position.

I In witness whereof I have 'signed this specification in the presenceof two Witnesses.

EUGENE RIBEYRE. Witnesses: I e

JEAN GERMAIN,. MARIN VACHON.

